He wondred at her wiſedome heuenly rare, / Whoſe like in womens witt he neuer knew;

[…] No, ’tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile […]

This pedal engages the clutch, and until you do that you can't shift.

openly represent the means requisitive to perform it